Pass the backend from opts

holoviz · Jul 18, 2024 · e02b94e · e02b94e
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commit e02b94e
Showing 1 changed file with 3 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/holoviews/util/__init__.py b/holoviews/util/__init__.py
@@ -282,9 +282,10 @@ def defaults(cls, *options, **kwargs):
         if kwargs and len(kwargs) != 1 and next(iter(kwargs.keys())) != 'backend':
             raise Exception('opts.defaults only accepts "backend" keyword argument')
 
-        expanded = cls._expand_options(merge_options_to_dict(options))
+        backend=kwargs.get('backend')
+        expanded = cls._expand_options(merge_options_to_dict(options), backend=backend)
         expanded = expanded or {}
-        cls._linemagic(expanded, backend=kwargs.get('backend'))
+        cls._linemagic(expanded, backend=backend)
 
     @classmethod
     def _expand_by_backend(cls, options, backend):